Ready to Launch! The Maritime Museum of San Diego Gets Set to Float the San Salvador on 19 April 2015 In 1542, Spanish conquistador Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sailed up rhe unexplored west coast of North America, seeking a northern route back to the Atlantic and , of course, treasure. 1he voyage failed in both regards and Cabrillo died before making it home. Cabri llo's journey up the California coast occured just fifty years after Columbus's historic rransAtlanric crossing and marked Spain's final push to find riches in the Americas on the scale of the Aztecs and Incas. 473 years later, a fully operational replica of Cabrillo's galleon is about to be launched in San Diego. Under construction for the last four years at Spanish Landing Park, San Salvador will be the newest vessel in the Maritime Museum of San Diego's fleer of historic and replica ships, bur it will represent the oldest. It is built on the lines of what researchers determined a galleon of that period and purpose wo uld have looked like. Although it will look like a vessel from nearly 500 years ago, it is built to 21st-century Coast Guard specifications and will be certified for conducting educational programs at sea. Our of sight will be her two 300-horsepower engines, inside and outside ballast, electronics, and other modern safety and navigational equipment. San Salvador is scheduled for launch on 19 April at 9AM at the Broadway Pier in San Diego , with public viewing from the Embarcadero. Check the museum's website for updated information as the dare gets closer. (MMSD, 1492 North Harbor Dr., San Diego, CA 9210 1; Ph . 619 234-9153; www. sdmaritime.org) PHOTOS BY JER RY SOTO, COURTESY MARITI ME MUSEUM OF SAN DI EGO
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